Does the Court of Appeal have any power or authority to overturn a jury verdict in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bergeron v. Payne, D060553 (Cal. App. 2013):
1. As former Presiding Justice Brown of this court observed, "The power of the trial court is singularly at its greatest in deciding whether to grant a new trial, leaving the appellate court virtually powerless to reinstate a most reasonable jury verdict." (Candido v. Huitt (1984) 151 Cal.App.3d 918, 924 (conc. opn. of Brown, J.).)
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